• Org Mode:
  • Org 9.0 released (Reddit)
  • New link features in org 9 (hat-tip to Irreal for the link)
  • Better equation numbering in LaTeX fragments in org-mode
  • Justifying LaTeX preview fragments in org-mode
  • Sending html emails from org-mode with org-mime
  • Pomodoro in Emacs
  • Tip for exporting JavaScript source block to `<script>` tags in HTML export
• Coding:
  • Emacs, Dynamic Modules, and Joysticks
  • Introspecting Glue Code
  • Scala in Emacs with ENSIME
  • ElDoc: Display Function or Variable Information Near Point (Cursor)
  • Debug your Emacs loading time (Reddit)
  • Emacs Tutorial – Creating github gist on emacs spacemacs (4:20)
• Other:
  • Tutorial introduction to searching in Emacs (Reddit)
  • Displaying nonexistent text in Emacs buffers
  • Add the system clipboard to the Emacs kill-ring
  • Yesterbox in emacs with mu4e
  • I just tried spacemacs for two weeks. Here are my impressions.
  • Dashboard – A shameless extraction of Spacemac’s startup screen.
  • tile – cycle through pre-defined layouts à la XMonad
  • Vanquishing Emacs' display-buffer for use with i3 (Reddit)
  • Repeatable interactive commands hack (Reddit)
  • Using Emacs – 18 – Narrowing and iedit (Reddit)
  • What exactly is the Insidious Big Brother Database (BDBB)?
  • counsel-bbdb 0.0.1
  • Emacs standing alone on a Linux kernel (2004) (HN)
  • Writing Thesis with Emacs + AUCTeX + Yasnippet (14:34)
• Emacs development:
  • A number of obsolete default variables have been removed (discussion)
  • eww-open-in-new-buffer
  • New variable x-ctrl-keysym
• New packages:
  • cmd-to-echo: Show the output of long-running commands in the echo area
  • debian-bug: report a bug to Debian's bug tracking system
  • debian-changelog-mode: major mode for Debian changelog files.
  • drone: Launch your drone test suite if drone.yml is present
  • html-to-hiccup: Convert HTML to Hiccup syntax
  • persp-fr: In persp-mode, show perspective list in the GUI window title
  • rjsx-mode: Real support for JSX
  • textx-mode: Major mode for editing TextX files
  • tile: Tile windows with layouts
  • wordgen: Random word generator

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, /r/orgmode, /r/spacemacs, Hacker News, planet.emacsen.org, Youtube, the changes to the Emacs NEWS file, and emacs-devel.

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